Abstract

CONCEPT OF HEALING AFTER DENTAL IMPLANT PLACEMENT

Meenu Jain, Himanshu Thukral*, Sumedha Kukreja, Geetanjali Arora, Aparna Ray and Dhanajay Arora

ABSTRACT

Healing around endosseous implants involves hard and soft tissues. Peri-implant bone healing can be defined in distinct phases, including osteoconduction, de novo bone formation, and bone remodeling, whereas soft tissue healing proceeds in inflammatory, proliferative, and remodeling phases. There is no distinct separation between these phases; the inflammatory phase initiates wound healing through hemostasis, coagulation, increased vascular permeability for specialized cells and chemotaxis. Implants may differentially interfere with the surrounding gingival tissues and bone, especially early during healing, as a result of the presence of the titanium surface and the lack of periodontal ligament and its blood supply.

Keywords: Healing; Implant; Osteoconduction.